The Blues Brothers

Thank You To My Friend Danny Schnolis From They Broke My Watch Website For Providing Me With The Address Of The Orphanage And The Curl Up And Dye Location Plus He Told The World About Many Other Locations!!

Another Website Dedicated To The Blues Brothers Is Called (Blues Brothers Central) This Site Has A Lot Of Good Info Including Behind The Scenes Info, Filming Locations And Their Own Webboard. Thanks For the Highway Exit Location.

(0:32) Elwood Parking The Bluesmobile / Behind 315 S. Plymouth Court And Behind 314 S. State Street, Chicago (Note: This Alley Is Still There But The Small Building Where He Parks the Car Is Long Gone. The Entrance He Used Was Just South Of The Parking Garage At 331 S. Plymouth Court But The Building To The Right In The Screen Shot Has Since Been Torn Down)

(0:34) Elwood's Apartment Next To The El Tracks / The Old Plymouth Hotel; 22 W. Van Buren Street, Chicago (Note: This Has Since Been Torn Down)

(0:44) Mrs. Tarantino's House / 1623 S. 51st Court, Cicero (Note: This Is A One Way Street But In The Movie The Traffic Is Going The Opposite Direction)

(1:29) The Blues Brothers Being Chased By The Good Ole Boys / Griffith Park; Griffith Park Drive, Los Angeles, California (Note: The Exact Spot Is Just Under A Half Mile From Crystal Spring Drive. The First Screen Shot Is Looking North. The Fake Billboard That The Officers Were Parked Behind Was On The West Side Of The Road Right Next To A Parking And Picnic Area)

(1:33) Stealing The Speaker From The Playground / Oscar Mayer School; 2250 N. Clifton Street, Chicago (Note: The Tower Has Since Been Taken Down)

(1:32) Curtis Handing Out Flyers To The Orphans To Hang Around Town / 116 N. Main Street, Wauconda (Note: The Camera Is Looking South. The Building With The Slanted Roof Way In The Background On The Left Is Wauconda Paint And Glass At 104 S. Main Street And The Building With the Balcony To The Left Of The White Van Is Middleton's On Main)

(1:33) The Blues Brothers Putting The Word In The Streets / 127 N. Main Street, Wauconda (Note: The Culligan Building Is The Address I Used But That Business Is Now Slyce Pizza. The View Is Looking South Toward The Water Tower)

(1:33) The Blues Brothers Driving On A Beach / Phil's Beach Bangs Lake; 336 N. Main Street, Wauconda (Note: This Took Place On The West Side Of The Lake And Is A Private Beach)

great compilation....seen this movie 28 times at the original chicago theatre, several double n triple features at a time...also was on the corner of dearborn and washington on day of filming siege of city hall

A little background information... Chicago PD was able to unload most, if not all their old police cars for the movie. They were in the process of buying new squad cars, so the timing was good. They weren't supposed to destroy the mall. It was set to close in 6 months to a year and some stores were still operating. Destroying the mall wasn't part of the plan because the remaining stores had to shut down for repairs.

This is absolutely not true. The mall was closed. There'd been murders in a bathroom in 2 successive weeks. There were no stores operating. It was closed, without power, a/c or a soul inside. I remember looking through the boarded up windows with the Production Designer, John Lloyd. We paid Harvey to do what we wanted to the mall. We put in electric, hung lights, ran A/C, had a 2nd set dec to populate the store windows. It wasn't 'set to close'. It was closed. There were no stores still operating. No 'remaining stores', no 'shutting down for repairs'.

Thank you for the memories! I lived in Schiller Park and Park Ridge and have been to almost all the places in the photos. Missed the South Side motel, but not much else. I moved from Park Ridge to Houston the summer the movie was being filmed. When I saw it in Houston, I felt like I was back home! Great photographic recap of the movie, which is one of my favorites!

I lived about a mile from the fake gas station that they blew up. We received no warning, so one night there was a huge explosion and I thought my furnace had blown up. The next morning I drove down Rt. 59 and there was a burned-out gas station where no station had been before. The explosion blew windows out of the church across the street.

I love sites like this. One of my fav things to do is watch classic movies like BB and go and find the scenes as they look today on Google Earth.

While I generally enjoy the fun of the hunt, sometimes, things have changed so much that you just cannot do it with Google Earth alone.

To that end, I am looking for the scene where Jake and Elwood exit LWD, jump the police car, and then go back to Lower Wacker Drive. Right there, there is a sign that says "200 South Wacker". But 200 is is near the ENTRANCE to LWD. So, some editing must have taken place???

Where is this place where they jump the police car, then go back down a ramp to underground, between two upper lanes?

Thanks for the fantastic work that was done to create this site ! Any B.B. fan should study this page like preparation for a final exam ! I'm absolutely amazed !

I do have a question that I've been trying to find the answer to for years . It's regarding the scene in which Curtis , Jake and Elwood indulge in a drink . My question ..... was this an actual boiler room or a production set ? If real , where ? Kudos to the production team if this is a set !

I've been in the building maintenance field for 20+ years and would assume this is an actual boiler/maintenance room , judging by the boiler and asbestos pipe insulation !

We watched them build the gas station set on Rt. 59 and thought it was going to be an actual little gas station. We heard it was going to be a set for the movie so we went on Friday night to watch. They didn't shoot anything that night, were going to shoot the gas station blowing up on Sat. night but I couldn't go back to watch. My buddy did and saw the whole thing, listened to the fire department on his handy talkie. The power lines crossing 59 caught fire too but they put it out quickly he said. Also, they were prepared for the church windows across 59 being blown out and their crew had them replaced in time for Sunday morning services.Tom Whittle